The Opelousas courier., 1887-09-24

The Masonic fraternity nave exfelied NC
Garigle, the Chicago booder.
Over 400, 900 names are on the pension rolls.
representing an expenditure last year OF $73,
100000.
Col. Fred. D. Grant, son of the late y. 5.
Grant, has been nominated by the New York
Republicans as their candidate for Secretary
of State.
Claus Spreckles has purchased large lot of
beet sugar machinery in Germany, and will
establish beet sugar factory in California,
using $50 tons of beets daily.
LAFAYETTE Advertiser It is reported in rail
road circles here that the Southern Pacific Co.
will shortly reduce their rates to cents per
mile on all branches of that system now charg-
ing cents.
We have noticed that the lightest tax-pay
ers are generally the ones that do the most
kicking on taxation and other things, and the
man that don't take the paper finds the most
fault with it.-Ex.
ST. MartinviIle Messenger Public officers
who do not use printed letter heads and EN-
velopes, have not enough energy to occupy a
public trust and should be ordered to walk
out at the coming eleetion-wbat say the
printers.
N. States Herr Most is still talking very
loud because he was not permitted to become
an American citizen. He can console himself
with the fact, however, that some day he Will
be hanged with all the privileges and scoilops
of a native born.
New York World: The way for either or
both of the old parties in any State to make
the labor movement non formidable is to make
it unnecessary. And this can be done by cor
recting the remediable evils and righting the
curable wrongs which give to the movement,
whatever strength it has.
N. o. States The manager of the Detroit
Club offered $4,000 for the release of Anson,
the captain of the Chicago team, and the Of
fer was promptly refused. This goes to show
that muscle is worth a great deal more in
this country than brains. For 5 ,0O0, enough
LAWYERS doctors and editors could be brought
to fiji warehouse SO full that their legs
wonld stick out of the doors and windows.
NO. States: Within the last two or three
months nine State Conventions have intro
duced Il plank in their platforms urging. that
immigration to this country be restricted
| Both political parties favor this step, which
shows that the day is not far distant when
America will cease to be dumping ground
for Europe.
| NO. States: 1t must be CALLING to Ben.
| Butler after putting forth a proposition to pen
! sion the Confederate veterans. to find that not
voice has been heard III the South favorlng
| his nomination for the presidency. There has
! not been so much as chirp. In Ben, the
South can see nothing save the ghost of van
/ ished spoon.
Louisiana editors will hail with joy the an
! nouncement in last Sundays TimesDemocrat
/ that there is about to be started in that city
| a factory for the manufacture of fire and bur-
glar-proof safes. We know every country
quill driver in the State will provide himself
with one or more of these safes to securely
horde his rapidly increasing wealth in.
An exchange, IN paying its compliments to
the HollinGsRarth-N Nichols Reformers, says
LET these hungry patriots but once fasten
their clutches upon the public crib and the
State will suffer ten times more damage than
she has under the present administration, for
say what you please, we believe Gov. McEn-
cry to be personally an honest and conscien-
tious man, more than we can say of a score of
those now opposing him"
N. o. CITY Item: 1t is to be hoped that per.
sons outside of Louisiana do not find time to
read the estimates which rival faction organs
here place upon the character and public ser
vices of the opposing Democratic leaders. 1t
would be lamentable indeed if the great men
of this State were to be judged abroad upon
such testimony. At home the charges and
countereharges do not make much difference
for all are familiar with the real merits OF
the controversy.
N. O. Chronicle: Those who pin their faitf
, on either Nichols or McEnery as politica
savior will please bear in mind that conven
tions have several times nominated and elect
ed Presidents of the United States, IN tOta
disregard of factionsts and sanguine prophe
cies We call for third man for Governor
and feel safe about it, because we have faitl
in the honest common sense Of the masses a
against all the wIles of the tricksters.
Lake Charles Echo All our Reform ex
changes came TO US this week with a larg
) four-page supplement, printed by the N.
: Picayune, and furnished by the Nichols Cam
/. paign Committee in New Orleans, containing
the speeches delivered by Gen. Nichols a
Zachary, West Baton RougeHand Pointe Cou
pee recently. Seems to us the RefoTmers ar
! spending considerable money in this campalg
to have as popular candidate with th
masses as they claim Gen. Nichols to be.
S There seems to be complete uuanimity o
g this point. The MASSACHUSETTS, New HamI
shire and Rhode Island papers agree withou
y exception that the cotton industry mus
eventually tend southward that the grea
f bulk Of the cotton goods will be made in th
II South. New England will seek to meet thi
g they say, by manufacturing the higher grade:
now largely imported. Some of the mills hav
L indeed already begun this, and are changin
D the character Of their machinery and the qua
ity of their output, convinced of the folly {
manufacturing cotton goods, in which th
) South can 50 successfully and advantageous
a compete with them.
:, The Baton Rouge Capitoian- Advocate say
: of the charge that Gov. McEDery has abuse
! the appeintive power in the matter of selec
I I ing police jurors
z z Those. however, who lave taken the pain
= = to condemn Gov. McEnery for complyin
with law that was recommended by Den
ocratic caucus forget that Gov. Nichols is a
4 sailable on this very point.
: : 1t is well kIsWn that in 1877, in compliant
J with a resolution adopted by Democrat
: legislative caucus, an act was passed autho
i izing the Governor to appoint not less tha
= five additional police jurors In each paris
! Gov. Nichols signed it with full knOwled'
!. of the object of The bili which was to give Il
J. J. Democrats in Republican parishes control !
9 the parochiai taxing power and a supervisi'
sef ~ over the funds collected, and he made the a
Y Doinfments required by the act.
e - That is not all that be is charged with doil
= y under this act. The charge has been mad
Y and we do not remember to have seen a ref
Fl a tation of it, that in at least one parish whe
:, nrotection was badly needed by the Dem
cratic taxpayers, lie ignored the wishes of t
Democratic party expressed by its Scr
u. tors and representatives in their caucus met
70 inc and appointed some very Objectionat
~ Repnblieans as members of the police jury
sh stead of Democrats.
be Now, We submit that this was not t
~ nroper thing for the Acknowledged head
II the Democratic party to do. At the time
a was 40 regarded, and nothing has transpir
y since to make il less Objectionable to
'a Democrats of the State.
Thus IL is shown that the idea OF appoi
ing police jurors originated under Gt
Tu5 Nichols administration, and it has been
nd newed under succeeding administrations, aI
~ 49, ,.yaF1 1~axe1f e.